“I’m Still Learning a lot”
Whoopi Goldberg is revisiting — and reinforcing — her controversial comments on the Holocaust.
Co-host for many years The View67 The Sunday Times This weekend, she didn’t get it. remarks that the Holocaust was not “about race” caused such an uproarEven insisting that Jews are split on whether or not they should be considered a race or religion.
My best friend told me, “Not for nothing is there not a box on the census for Jews. She said that this led her to believe that there is probably no race.
When the Sunday Times Goldberg said, “Yes, that’s it, but that’s what the killer is, not it?” You are being told by your oppressor who you really are. You believe them. They’re Nazis. “Why believe what they are saying?”
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Goldberg defended her view that the Holocaust wasn’t originally about race when she was asked again about it.
“Remember whom they were killing first,” she stated. They were not killing racial people, they were actually killing physical. They were killing mentally ill people. Then they took this decision.
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Later, the reporter asked whether race can be more than just skin color, leading Goldberg to say in response that “it’s not in its official … when you look it up.” The journalist pointed out that Nazis had measured Jewish people’s facial characteristics to prove they were a race. This was something the star seemed to mock.
They did the same to Black people. However, it does not change the fact you couldn’t tell a Jew from a street,” Goldberg said. “You could find my. They weren’t there. I was trying to make that point. You would have thought I was taking a big stinky dump on my table, butt naked.”
Interviewees noted that they do not suspect Goldberg’s views as “not from antisemitism”, but rather, “blinkered American curiosity.”
Goldberg addressed this issue. Sunday Times Article in a statement to PEOPLE I tried to explain to the reporter my thoughts and reasons, and also attempted to recall those times.
“It wasn’t my intention to make hurtful comments. Especially after speaking with and listening to people like rabbis, old and new friends, and weighing in.”
Goldberg said, “I’m still studying a lot and believe I, I heard every word everyone said to my. I believe the Holocaust was about race. I’m still sorry that I hurt, angered and upset people. Again, my sincere apologies to all who thought that this was a new rehashing of the subject. It was not, I swear. In these times of rising antisemitism I want to make it very clear that I have always stood by the Jewish people, and will continue to do so. They have never lost my support, and will always be my support.”
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However, Goldberg apologized For her comments in February, click here that apology was accepted Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO at the Anti-Defamation League spoke out on Tuesday. denounce these latest remarks.
“Whoopi’s comments on the Holocaust or race are deeply offensive, and incredibly disappointing,” he stated in a statement to The Wrap. “In an era when antisemitic events have risen across the US, she should recognize that such ignorant statements could have real consequences.”
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Goldberg controversially stated that “the Holocaust isn’t about race” During a January 2022 episode The View. Despite her co-host Joy Behar Goldberg pointed out the Nazis’ treatment of Jews as “a different races.” Goldberg claimed that the Holocaust was “about man’s inhumanity toward man.”
Goldberg stated, “These are two white people groups,” and co-host Sara Haines Behar stated that Nazis “didn’t see them [as White]” and Behar reminded how Black people were also targeted.
“But you’re missing what the point is!” “You’re missing the point!” Goldberg said. “When you make it race, it will go down this alley. Let’s look at it as it really is. It is how people treat one another. It’s a problem. It doesn’t matter if you are Black or white because Black, white, Jews, Italians — everybody eats each other.”
Goldberg made a public apology after her remarks attracted backlash.
“I have a responsibility to make sure that my words are not unexamined. my words upset so many people, which was never my intention,” she declared during another boradcast. The View. “I now understand why and I am deeply, profoundly grateful for the information that I received. It was very helpful and helped me to understand other things.”
Goldberg was eventually succeeded by suspended for two weeks.